THE    OLD 
OLD  WISH 


BY 
WILBUR  D.NESBIT 


THE  OLD 
OLD  WISH 


Wilbur  D.Nesbit 


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IT  S    suck  a  old,  old.  wish, 
you  know,  seems  like  it 
must   come  true—  - 
This  "Merry  Christmas!"  that 
I  wish  -with  all  my  heart 

to  you. 

I  like  to  think,  about  it 
'when  I  wish  it  to  my 

friends  -- 
It's  one  good  -wish  a 
never  only  jest 

p'tends! 
"Good  will  to  men!"  —  they 
sung  it  in  th'  midnight     / 

ca  m    an    clear 
T  wo  thousand  years    ago 
all  th.'  happy  -world 
to  hear. 


ller 


OOD  will  to  men!  — 
th'  angels  sent  it  rangin 
from  tli  skies 
With   all  th'  stars  a-singin — 
Oh,  to  think  that  mortal 

eyes 

Could  see  that  dawn  o  glory, 
an'  mortal  ears    could     •' 

hear 

That  first  glad  "Merry  Christ- 
mas! "come  a-ripplin  sweet 

an  clear! 
I  like  to  sort  o'  sing  <it  when 

I   pass  it  right  along, 
An    feel  I've    caught  th  echo 
of*  that  old,  old  angel 
son< 


I 


LIKE   to   catch  tk'  sperrit 
tkat  is  kacl^_  of  ev'ry 

"word, 

Ik'  spemt  tkat  tk'  skepkerds 
-felt  tk'  minute  tKat  they 

Keard 

Tk'  v/kole  sky  iull  o'  music. 
Ok,  tkey  understood  it 

tken 
Test  as  we  do  at  Ckristmas 

if"  we  mean  "Good  will  to 

»» 
I      men. 

It  ain't  jest  for  your  nekbors 
an  your  :£amkly,  kut  it 

starts 

Rigkt  irom.  your  soul  an  takes 
in  all  tk'  -world  o'  kuman 
kearts. 


I 


T'S   such  a  old,  old.  wish —  \ 
why,  its  a  older  tiling  than 

time! 

I  like  to  think  it  murmured 
in  th'  first    angelic   chime 
'Long   'fore  th'  world  was 
fashioned   an'  there  was  a 

land  an'  sea 

I  like  to  think  'twas  started 
then  to  reach  to  you  an' 

me! 
An*  so  1  say  it  softly,  with , 

i         •  *       t  * 

a  sort  o  singin  strain 
.An  like  to  think  th'  echo 
still  is  soundin'  from  that 
plain. 


S* -N 


'HEN  you    say  "Merry 


Wo,---     -•*• 
Christmas,    if  you 
think  o'  what  you  say 
You're   touchin   hands  with 
them  that  saw  th'  first  real 

Christmas  Day— — 
"Vou're   one  -with  them  in 
sperrit —  an!  th'  angels,  too, 

that  sung, 

I  like  to  think  they're  happy  • 
When  that  'wish  is  given 

tongue. 

It's   such  a  old,  old  -wish,  you 
know,  seems  like  it  must 

come  true 

This  "Merry  Christmas!" 
that  I  wish  with  all  my 
heart  to  vou. 


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